Show HN: I built a native macOS terminal with Git integration in 5 days
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- kero is a free, native macOS workspace built around the terminal, with no telemetry or subscription.
- It organizes projects and sessions: each repo is a project, with multiple terminal tabs and split panes per project, all restoreable on relaunch.
- Features include a git panel for staging, committing, and branch management, inline diffs, a files panel with tree-sitter editing, and session info on processes and TCP ports.
- It uses your existing shell (zsh, fish, bash) unchanged, built on libghostty, supports desktop notifications, progress reports, and fonts like JetBrains Mono.
- Keyboard shortcuts cover project/session switching, pane splitting, sidebar toggling, command palette, and file operations.
- kero is free, does not collect data (only update checks), does not replace your shell, and restores sessions on relaunch.
- It is not an IDE but keeps the terminal central, with supplementary panels for git and file operations.